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@rich531forever.bsky.social

Cycling, camping, cycling and camping, SAABs. Bit of everything really. A bit left of Castro

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That’s a case of the pot calling the kettle black isn’t it?

07.12.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah there was lots of stuff beforehand saying that it was going to be cut, but then nothing was mentioned.

07.12.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No, I didn’t see any announcement in the budget that there was any change to the cycle to work scheme

07.12.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But you’re happy for delivery vans to block other vehicles, why not cars?

You should wind your neck in; if it wasn’t for cyclists, roads as you know them wouldn’t exist.

07.12.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The one that winds me up (and led to a 24hr argument with my best friend) is where people write lb/ft for torque. I’ll overlook that it should be SI units, but how do they get it so wrong?!

07.12.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well that didn’t end well.

Rollers are hard! Should have just gone out in the rain.

07.12.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Weather’s horrible so have pulled out the rollers for the first time in a very long time. Wish me luck!

07.12.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

And if you can’t walk? Or do those people just have to wait?

It is your entitlement that’s on show; not the cyclists.

06.12.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s one of the points being made in the World Naked Bike Ride

06.12.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the sign of a good song is that it can be covered (often multiple times) and they’re all good.

06.12.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! Annie Lennox thought that it was a travesty that nobody knew the original so covered it to advertise it.

06.12.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You know that moment when you’re approaching a roundabout downhill, in the pouring rain, on a heavy Galaxy with cantilever brakes and the car pulls out and you start looking for an escape route before you start braking?

Oh you don’t? Lucky you!

06.12.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Garmin directed me along the canal on Sunday, which was covered in rotting leaves. I have never ridden so slowly and went on the A road on the way home instead.

05.12.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The β€œCos” part of Marcos being Frank Costin who was the β€œCos” part of Cosworth.

05.12.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Family mourns Farnham cyclist after man jailed over his death Cyclist Aran Potkin's wife pays tribute to her husband, after a motorist is jailed for causing his death by dangerous driving.

This twat already had 12 points on his licence, including 6 for using his phone. The cyclist was younger than me. It’s really affected me.

Family mourns death crash cyclist as driver jailed www.bbc.com/news/article...

05.12.2025 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mantara

05.12.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a Marcos Mantara. Often fitted with a 4.0 V8. It could go.

05.12.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. A Mantula (I think)

05.12.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A car park that once you get in you can’t get out, Parking spaces that are too narrow and despite the council website declaring plenty of top quality parking spaces, there’s only one, it’s only good 4 months of the year and it’s miles from anywhere people want to go

05.12.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Consultation on the Government's third Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy The Government is currently consulting on the development of its third Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy, known as CWIS3, and is specifically seeking views on a number of draft objectives. You can...

Government Consultation on Walking and Cycling www.change.org/p/national-h...

05.12.2025 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I dealt with a claim where somebody reversed off their drive (onto a busy A road) into the side of someone’s car. When I asked what had happened they said β€œwell my parking sensors didn’t go off”. So you didn’t look then?

04.12.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I used to DJ and could pack everything in a Renault 5

04.12.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just checked my training plan and because every 4th week is shorter (recovery), I’ll do 100km one Sunday and then 100 miles the next. I like the poetry of that.

04.12.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed!

Time to put it back on car drivers. β€œCan’t you just breathe in?”

04.12.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve probably all had an incident that could have gone this way. Hope they recover quickly

04.12.2025 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Children hurt as roof of school bus ripped off by Coppull bridge Among the injured is a boy, 8, who has been taken to hospital with a

Absolutely no mention of the driver at all. None. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

03.12.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a news report whose headline is β€œChildren hurt as school bus roof ripped off by bridge”

A screenshot of a news report whose headline is β€œChildren hurt as school bus roof ripped off by bridge”

Sod e-bikes, we need to get some regulation on these f***ing bridges! Jumping out and damaging busses, injuring people. Bloody menace!

03.12.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Apart from the ID.3, I’d have all of those. Which 9-3 was it?

03.12.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You should. The 2nd gen of 900 was probably the worst car Saab made so if you dealt with that, anything else will be fine!

03.12.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d love to see how narrow they can make them, whilst still being able to claim that they’ve retained them.

β€œWhat do you mean you can’t drive your car down it? We drove our Messerschmidt down it just fine”

03.12.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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